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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 363,048 ratings — published 2006
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White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) White Cat (Curse Workers, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 51,743 ratings — published 2010
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Red Glove (Curse Workers, #2) Red Glove (Curse Workers, #2)
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avg rating 3.94 — 25,739 ratings — published 2011
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First Lie Wins First Lie Wins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 886,046 ratings — published 2024
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,225,114 ratings — published 2015
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The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,295 ratings — published 1940
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The Heist (Fox and O'Hare, #1) The Heist (Fox and O'Hare, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 60,013 ratings — published 2013
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Heist Society (Heist Society, #1) Heist Society (Heist Society, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 95,741 ratings — published 2010
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Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 89 ratings — published
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The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,230 ratings — published 1864
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Nine Goblins Nine Goblins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 17,654 ratings — published 2013
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The Lies I Tell The Lies I Tell (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 107,024 ratings — published 2022
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 6,231 ratings — published 2015
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A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 1,347 ratings — published 2023
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The Girls I've Been The Girls I've Been (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 56,894 ratings — published 2021
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Pretty Things Pretty Things (ebook)
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avg rating 3.89 — 92,405 ratings — published 2020
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Clinical Operative Dentistry Principles and Practice Clinical Operative Dentistry Principles and Practice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.41 — 51 ratings — published
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Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 10,563 ratings — published 2010
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,774 ratings — published 2009
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Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #1) Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 433,503 ratings — published 2019
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The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,173,861 ratings — published 2019
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Vicious (Villains, #1) Vicious (Villains, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 350,513 ratings — published 2013
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Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
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avg rating 4.56 — 814,933 ratings — published 2016
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 450,035 ratings — published 2015
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Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3) Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3)
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avg rating 4.05 — 19,793 ratings — published 2012
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Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
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avg rating 4.25 — 166,935 ratings — published 2007
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Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 63,871 ratings — published 1980
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Hammajang Luck Hammajang Luck (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 5,096 ratings — published 2024
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Big Little Truths (Big Little Lies, #2) Big Little Truths (Big Little Lies, #2)
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avg rating 4.13 — 62,318 ratings — published 2026
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American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about Our Divided Souls American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about Our Divided Souls (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 31 ratings — published
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On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 1,055 ratings — published 1841
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Based Deleuze: The Reactionary Leftism of Gilles Deleuze Based Deleuze: The Reactionary Leftism of Gilles Deleuze (ebook)
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avg rating 2.79 — 111 ratings — published 2019
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Love and Friendship Love and Friendship (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 176 ratings — published 1993
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The Ethics of Rhetoric The Ethics of Rhetoric (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 99 ratings — published 1953
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A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 292 ratings — published 2000
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Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 413,154 ratings — published 1957
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Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 811 ratings — published 2001
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The Fountainhead The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 342,636 ratings — published 1943
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Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 552 ratings — published 2006
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For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,507 ratings — published 1961
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The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 15,342 ratings — published 1961
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The Code of Man: Love Courage Pride Family Country The Code of Man: Love Courage Pride Family Country (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.49 — 103 ratings — published 2003
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What Is a Man?: 3,000 Years of Wisdom on the Art of Manly Virtue What Is a Man?: 3,000 Years of Wisdom on the Art of Manly Virtue (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 49 ratings — published 2000
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The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 694 ratings — published 2021
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Retroculture: Taking America Back Retroculture: Taking America Back (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.81 — 21 ratings — published
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Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty and What to Do About It Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty and What to Do About It (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 363 ratings — published
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The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 36,102 ratings — published 1975
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family Roots: The Saga of an American Family (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 166,999 ratings — published 1976
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Prejudices: The Complete Series Prejudices: The Complete Series (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 81 ratings — published 1927
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Up from Slavery Up from Slavery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 37,140 ratings — published 1900
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“The very same fact about a thing can be both the good and the bad thing about it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Daniel Defoe
“As for quackery and mountebanks, of which the town was so full, I listened to none of them, and have observed often since, with some wonder, that for two years after the plague I scarcely saw or heard of one of them about town. Some fancied they were all swept away in the infection to a man, and were for calling it a particular mark of God’s vengeance upon them for leading the poor people into the pit of destruction, merely for the lice of a little money they got by them; but I cannot go that length neither. That abundance of them died is certain; many of them came within the reach of my own knowledge; but that all of them were swept off I much question. I believe rather they fled into the country, and tried their practices upon the people there, who were in apprehension of the infection before it came among them.”
― Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year

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